History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will perforce happen again.
A Song of Ice and Fire

The Vikings and Homosexuality

Gunnora Hallakarva runs the Viking Answer Lady Page, a collection of essays on all sorts of aspects of Viking culture. She wrote this piece, which is a summary of modern discussion on Viking homosexuality.

So… What are our thoughts on this? Have the 40 million dollars! payed out? Any enraged historians among viewers?
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So… What are our thoughts on this? Have the 40 million dollars! payed out? Any enraged historians among viewers?

Auxiliary sciences of history

  • Archeology: the study of ancient and historic sites and artifacts
  • Architectural history: the study of buildings in their historical and stylistic contexts
  • Art history: the study of objects of art in their historical and stylistic contexts
  • Chronology: the study of the sequence of past events
  • Cliometrics: the systematic application of economic theory, econometric techniques: and other formal or mathematical methods to the study of history
  • Codicology: the study of books as physical objects
  • Diplomatics: the study and textual analysis of historical documents
  • Epigraphy: the study of ancient inscriptions
  • Faleristics: the study of military orders, decorations and medals
  • Genealogy: the study of family relationships
  • Heraldry: the study of armorial devices
  • Numismatics: the study of coins
  • Onomastics: the study of proper names
  • Paleography: the study of old handwriting
  • Philately: the study of postage stamps
  • Prosopography: the investigation of a historical group of individuals through a collective study of their lives
  • Sigillography: the study of seals
  • Statistics: the study of the collection, organization, and interpretation of (historical) data
  • Toponymy: the study of place-names

TOP 5 MOST VISITED UK ATTRACTIONS 2012

  • British Museum: 5,575,946
  • Tate Modern: 5,318,688
  • National Gallery: 5,163,902
  • Natural History Museum: 5,021,762
  • V&A: 3,231,700
The International Colloquium “Medieval Europe in motion” 18-20 April, Lisbon The main objective of this initiative is to analyze the influence of circulation, motion and mobility of people, forms and ideas on the artistic creation during the Middle Ages. This is not a completely new topic in the field of Medieval Art Studies as several scientific events have already been organized in the past years on this topic. This Colloquium aims thus to conduct a critical and constructive revision of these matters, proposing new questions to be discussed. If you would like to attend you can visit their website or FB page for more info. Sessions, round table and workshop Registration period: February 1 - 31 march, 2013 
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The International Colloquium “Medieval Europe in motion”

18-20 April, Lisbon

The main objective of this initiative is to analyze the influence of circulation, motion and mobility of people, forms and ideas on the artistic creation during the Middle Ages. This is not a completely new topic in the field of Medieval Art Studies as several scientific events have already been organized in the past years on this topic. This Colloquium aims thus to conduct a critical and constructive revision of these matters, proposing new questions to be discussed.

If you would like to attend you can visit their website or FB page for more info.

Sessions, round table and workshop

Registration period:

February 1 - 31 march, 2013 

First images of Richard III reconstruction

(poor quality, mind you - livestream printscreen)

The Temptation of Saint Anthony (French: La Tentation de Saint Antoine) is a 1898 French short black-and-white silent drama film, directed by Georges Méliès.

Reminds me of Doré’s engravings.

History Jobs

This might help someone.

History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme.
Mark Twain
Did medieval craftsmen use nails? There is often a perception among modern woodworkers that using nails is a sign of shoddy, second-rate work-which surely a medieval craftsman would not do. Or conversely, that nails must have been far too expensive to be used in medieval furniture and construction. The truth was somewhere in-between: nailed construction was for a time “state of the art,” yet shows up frequently in surviving artifacts and documentary evidence. More Image (x)
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Did medieval craftsmen use nails?

There is often a perception among modern woodworkers that using nails is a sign of shoddy, second-rate work-which surely a medieval craftsman would not do. Or conversely, that nails must have been far too expensive to be used in medieval furniture and construction. The truth was somewhere in-between: nailed construction was for a time “state of the art,” yet shows up frequently in surviving artifacts and documentary evidence.

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Source: bloodandsawdust.com

Medieval Historian Ryan Gosling

So, this is a thing, apparently. :)

Hey Girl,

I got us some take out.

Let’s stay in tonight and make fun of historical inaccuracies in Kingdom of Heaven. 

Submission (via FB): Voilà les photos du portail de la chapelle templière de Libdeau remonté au Musée Lorrain ! Il risque d’être l’unique témoin d’un passe prestigieux ! Mobilisons-nous ! This is a portal of the Templar chapel of Libdeau. It is the witness of the past and it’s facing complete deterioration. If you can, please help. Details here.
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Submission (via FB):

Voilà les photos du portail de la chapelle templière de Libdeau remonté au Musée Lorrain ! Il risque d’être l’unique témoin d’un passe prestigieux ! Mobilisons-nous !

This is a portal of the Templar chapel of Libdeau. It is the witness of the past and it’s facing complete deterioration. If you can, please help.

Details here.

The Historians’ History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise and Development of Nations as Recorded by Over Two Thousand of the Great Writers of All Ages - is a 25-volume encyclopedia of history published in English near the beginning of the 20th century in the United States and Europe. Read on-line
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The Historians’ History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise and Development of Nations as Recorded by Over Two Thousand of the Great Writers of All Ages - is a 25-volume encyclopedia of history published in English near the beginning of the 20th century in the United States and Europe.

Read on-line

Following a subtle trail of artifacts, a Canadian archaeologist searches for a lost chapter of New World history.

Unearthing what she believes to be a Viking outpost, archaeologist Patricia Sutherland (in orange jacket) and her colleagues work in Baffin Island’s Tanfield Valley, which offered turf for sod shelters and a harbor for ships.

  1. On Baffin Island, archaeologists discovered cordage made the Viking way, as well as other evidence of European contact.
  2. Did Vikings use these notched sticks to record trade transactions? Patricia Sutherland thinks so.
  3. Whetstones discovered on Baffin Island and at other sites in the Canadian Arctic bear clear evidence of Viking technology. Wear grooves harbor traces of bronze, brass, and smelted iron—materials made by Viking metal smiths but unknown among the Arctic’s native inhabitants.
Photo by David Coventry

Source: National Geographic